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The problems with the Bible-that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus-are expanded exponentially in his new book JESUS, INTERRUPTED. Here we find not only that Christian scribes altered the texts of their sacred Scripture, but also that the books of Scripture themselves, in their original forms, are often completely at odds with one another on such key issues as:
• Who Jesus was and how salvation works
• Why the New Testament contains books that were forged in the names of the apostles by Christians living decades later
• Did Paul, Matthew, John, and Jesus represent different religions?
• How standard Christian doctrines were the inventions of still later theologians
These are not idiosyncratic perspectives of just one modern scholar: as Ehrman skillfully demonstrates, they have been the standard and widespread views of critical scholars for over a century. Why is it that most people have never heard such things? As Ehrman argues, it is because scholars have failed to communicate their findings with the general public, and because pastors who learn this information when studying for the ministry have chosen not to share it with the people in the pews.
Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them)
Author: Bart D. Ehrman
ISBN: 9780061173936
Produced, Shot, and Edited by Abby Berendt
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June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
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June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
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June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
Mathew wrote one …
Mathew wrote one book and Luke wrote the other book they are different authors and they are not going to write the book the same way.You have two people who see a accident one person has one version and another person gives a different version on what happened there not the same.The apostles were the ones who wrote the bible.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@dayati Name the …
@dayati Name the accounts that dont even agree with each other in some respects.The bible states clearly that Jesus was crucified and raised himself up from the dead on the 3rd day there is nothing else to put into it.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@bondsly Yeah this …
@bondsly Yeah this guy wasn’t there, but the accounts we have from the crucifixion don’t even agree with each other in some respects. That’s worth looking into and not simply blindly accepting whatever parents or religious figures say.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
This man wasnt …
This man wasnt there he doesnt know what emotions Jesus was feeling at those times.Trying to know what a person is going through or feeling at any given time is impossibe to know he is really just guessing just like a college professor that thinks he knows everything there is to know.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@imanoutkast they …
@imanoutkast they are not that accurate.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@SoSaCA100 Did you …
@SoSaCA100 Did you even listen to what he said? He didn’t say there was a contradiction…he said the various gospels had a different perspective, which no one denies. Listen again around 1:20. And by the way, I doubt you ever seriously read the Bible. That doesn’t make you a bad person; just an uninformed one.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@ …
@WilliamFrancisWelsh Yea… have any of them explained Mark 6:6- 8 and Matthew 10:9- 10???
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@imanoutkast friend …
@imanoutkast friend how can you say such utter rubbish. The Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) was not “crazy and wanted power.” If you look through the Sirah of the Prophet you will find otherwise. He was offered power and rejected it, go do some proper research. You said, “probably embellished”. You state a possibility as if it strengthens your argument. As for bible accuracy, give a satisfactory explanation for Mark 6: 6-8 vs Matthew 10: 9- 10.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@ …
@WilliamFrancisWelsh it’s just sarcastic,I couldn’t qualify his objections by an answer.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@SoSaCA100 you are …
@SoSaCA100 you are joking of course? Yeah that’s it. Sarcasm. Got it. No one with decent eyesight (at least decent enough to actually read their bible) could take this paper dragon seriously.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
NO CONTRADICTION . …
NO CONTRADICTION . . . . Empty claims . . . Bart relies on the ignorance of his audience. He says in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus was not in despair at all on his way to the cross. Did he miss Luke 22:39-46? Jesus is “in agony” (v. 44). He prays “Father if it is your will let this cup pass from me.” He says “In control to the very end.” Sad that a man can rise so high in academia while displaying such gross and malicious ignorance. These are old arguments long since dealt with & dismissed.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@imanoutkast
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@imanoutkast
While I cannot argue with your personal definition of a miracle, I would like to point out that what for one civilization is widely known to be true is for another civilization known to be false or only partly true. The Qur’an is widely known to be true in even moderate Islamic countries. It depends on your geography.
Also, how are the canonical Gospels consistent? They differ even on the day Jesus was crucified, who carried his cross, how he was buried, and on other details.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@aZrevolution “if …
@aZrevolution “if you accept miracles as probable, you have to accept that for all religions” OK, let me give you my view on miracles. I believe humans have the capability to carry out miraculous deeds, e.g. healing (not medicinal). I believe such miracles to truly be done by evil supernatural forces, giving the illusion that good is being done by the person. So, other religions may indeed have valid claims to miracles. This is distinct from the miracles of Christ, which were to glorify God.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@aZrevolution I am …
@aZrevolution I am trying to distinguish that the Biblical texts are widely known to be accurate accounts of what happened (I cannot say for sure the accuracy of the Koran), the stories in the NT, contrary to Ehrman’s beliefs, have a great amount of consistency, and I believe can therefore be taken as valid accounts. If the Koran is proven to be accurate, then we know Muhammad to be a hateful lunatic. If miracles occurred, perhaps they were performed by Satan? I’m not following your logic here.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@imanoutkast
1, …
@imanoutkast
1, How do you know these writings are accurate? There is no way to know for sure because they were written from the bias of pious Muslims.
2, The problem I am pointing out is that you can’t say that miracles are probable and then only accept miracles for one ideology; if you accept miracles as probable, you have to accept that for all religions. This essentially leads to even what you would consider non-sense, which is that you would have to accept all religion’s claims as true.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@aZrevolution In …
@aZrevolution In case you missed this recent post of mine: “If you could, tell me how you come to the contrary conclusion that Craig does here: watch?v=zANl-OcPnfI. Believe me, I am completely open to the truth, if Craig is fudging things, then by all means bring it to the light.”
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@aZrevolution …
@aZrevolution Muhammad was known to exist first of all. He also was crazy & wanted power..that much is evident by his recorded warring actions. This alone leads me to believe that yes, most of the stories surrounding him were probably embellished..BUT I don’t know the details of the texts and their accuracy and thus cannot say with certainty that miracles did not occur…on the other hand, the Biblical accuracy is there, contrary to how Ehrman makes it sound. And Jesus was nothing like Muhammad.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@HuckMeHard That …
@HuckMeHard That doesn’t make sense. There is no historical accuracy involved in Elvis “sightings”…perhaps a solitary person says such a thing…maybe even goes as far as to write it down, then another joins in…but there are no eye-witnesses, no secondary or tertiary accounts, certainly no logical consistency. And I guarantee there are far better explanations than it being Elvis…this is in stark contrast to the Biblical account, the best explanation is that it is accurate.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
If God does exist …
If God does exist and can perform miracles, such as resurrecting Jesus from the dead, then who’s to say all the miracles claimed by the other world religions aren’t fact?
If God can raise Jesus from the dead, then why not Elvis? There have been plenty of Elvis sightings, so maybe Elvis was resurrected too?
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@imanoutkast
Come …
@imanoutkast
Come on now, do you really think this man was spoken to by God? Or is it more likely he may have not existed, was crazy, or wanted power? Are you really giving credence to Islamic tradition which is shaky because it composed of stories passed from one person to another? This is the same reason I reject the Gospels, because they are traditions passed down from one person to another and altered.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@aZrevolution I …
@aZrevolution I don’t take anything at face value. I observe the facts, just as Craig and many other Biblical scholars do who come to a vastly different conclusion than Ehrman. Albeit, I am not educated as they are, but things come together and follow much more logically than anything I’ve read by Ehrman. Perhaps miracles did surround the life and history of Muhammad, I am not outrightly opposed to that because I simply don’t know, I could not say for sure because I have not studied it.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@aZrevolution If …
@aZrevolution If you could, tell me how you come to the contrary conclusion that Craig does here: watch?v=zANl-OcPnfI. Believe me, I am completely open to the truth, if Craig is fudging things, then by all means bring it to the light.
June 20th, 2010 at 6:05 am
@imanoutkast
I …
@imanoutkast
I would also like to propose to you a situation which I believe will help you understand the way I think. In Islamic tradition, when Muhammad was born there was a light coming from his mothers womb, he prophesied the conquest of a few peoples, heard from God many times, and many other amazing things. Now, do you take this at face value with all of the miracles, or is it more likely that tradition magnified who Muhammad really was to make him look more prophet like?